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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 4: Chapter II, "Mother and Son" Pages 65-81.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old is Gohtaro's daughter?
(a) 21.
(b) Nearly 23.
(c) Nearly 19.
(d) 25.

2. What does Kyoko believe about her brother not attending their mother's funeral?
(a) She is worried that something has happened to him.
(b) She wonders if the information reached him in time.
(c) She is concerned that he is too depressed to leave home.
(d) She thinks he was too angry at her to attend.

3. What happens immediately after Yukio leaves the café to make a phone call?
(a) Kazu locks the outer door.
(b) Nagare bumps into him on the stairs.
(c) The ghost gets up from her seat.
(d) He realizes that he has left his phone inside.

4. How does Kyoko react to Nagare's suggestion about a present for Kiyoshi's wife?
(a) She praises it effusively, saying she wishes her husband thought like Nagare.
(b) She laughs and tells Nagare he does not understand women.
(c) She politely suggests a slight improvement in the plan.
(d) She dismisses it as completely unhelpful.

5. Besides Japanese culture, which other culture does the narrator say is especially fond of insects?
(a) Korean.
(b) Chinese.
(c) Polynesian.
(d) Indonesian.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Yukio leave the café to make his phone call?

2. What is unusual about the coffee that Kazu pours for Gohtaro?

3. After congratulating Haruka on her marriage, what does Shuichi do next?

4. What season does the bell cricket herald?

5. What sport did Gohtaro and Shuichi play together in college?

(see the answer key)

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